Fun Filled Weekend

We had a lot going on this past weekend. First we had a visit from Aaron's mom who bought some new toys for Quentin. One toy was a swing that Aaron put up on our tree in the backyard. Quentin started out not wanting to sit in it to laughing with joy as he was pushed back and forth. Then Aaron, Quentin and I went to the Pella Tulip Festival on Saturday. Finally, on Sunday we drove up to Ames and went and saw the dinosaur exhibit they put up at Reiman Gardens with my parents and our 3 nephews.

Improvement (Sort Of)

Quentin had his iron levels checked again this past week and they were up! We're still giving him iron and a multivitamin with iron every day and hopefully he will continue to improve with that. On the down side the doc said he had lost a little bit of weight (I don't know how much since she didn't say, but don't think it was very much). So for now we're to give him only Vitamin D milk and Pediasure to drink - no water and no juice. Hopefully that will help!

Pictures!

Quentin's weight checkup last Friday went well. He gained more weight and is now on the charts at the 3rd percentile. Way to go Q!

Failure to Thrive

Quentin had his weight checkup this morning which went sort of well...He gained 10.5 oz in 10 days which was great, but unfortunatly he is still below the 3rd percentile for weight so they still consider him as failure to thrive. So we need to take him to have blood drawn and they are going to test several things (I don't recall all of them): his thyroid levels and iron levels and a couple more things. Hopefully things will go well with this and we can get him back on track soon! He has another weight checkup next Friday that I hope goes well.

15 Month Checkup

So Q had his 15 month checkup this past Wednesday...and while he is doing well, the doc is concerned about his weight. He lost weight again (and I don't know, but think it might be due to the diarrhea he has been having this week). He is now 19 lbs 1.2 oz which is in the less than 3% for his age. So of course the doc is throwing out terms of "failure to thrive" being a possiblity and is having us wright down how much he eats and drinks. So naturally Q is being stubborn this week and not eating quite as well as he usually does, but he has done much better today. I have to take him back this coming Friday for a follow up. Keep your fingers crossed that he'll have gained some weight by then!

Teeth!

Yesterday I noticed a new tooth in Quentin's mouth. I felt around a little and it turns out that that 3 of his molars came in! Maybe that's why he hasn't been sleeping the best lately...or at least I hope that's the problem. :) This brings his tooth total up to 11!

Lax in Posting

So I've been a bit lax in my posting for the month of March. We went to Ames to watch the men's b-ball team play (they won, barely) and had dinner with some college friends. It was so good to see them again...I think we should have a monthly get together if it can be managed. Then we went to Elgin to say goodbye to Aaron's parents as they are (as of yesterday) hiking the AT. We are hoping they have a great time and make it back safely. Aaron's had to travel for work this last week and is leaving again tomorrow to go back to Dayton. :( I'm sure going to miss him. Otherwise it's been the usual here. Quentin is full of energy every day, climbing the furniture and running around. He has recently picked up some new words and can now say Mama, Dada, quack, boo, tickle, ball, uh-oh, up, pa (which he uses for pacifier as well as spoon I think), and something that sounds like kitty in a way. He has also been driving us crazy by not going down to sleep all by himself like he used to do as well as waking up sometimes in the middle of the night. I'm sure hoping that will get better soon!